B. Docktor Photography at 510 Warren Street Gallery in Hudson, NY

Closing Party: February 25, 2018 at 5pm

It’ll be the last day of the exhibit, and I’m going to project photos from my recent trip to Vilcabamba, Ecuador.
You’re invited to come see the work, meet new friends, and enjoy some refreshments.

Sunflowers and Morning Mist

This show features landscapes and animals of my beautiful area Columbia and Dutchess County, NY. Also showing the start of a new project about places and people in the Hudson area that most people don’t get to see.

The idea for this project came to me as I was driving past the old powerhouse of Universal Atlas Cement just south of Hudson on Rt. 9. I’ve passed that place hundreds of times, but never got a good look at it because of No Trespassing signs. So I started calling around to try to get access to places I’d never seen or photographed. I also wanted to use the project as a way to feel closer to Hudson, and to meet and document people and places I’m curious about. We all know Hudson has lots of great architecture, antiques, art and food. But my aim is to find what most of us don’t see, and to feel more deeply connected to the vibrancy, creativity, and diversity that makes this place alluring. I hope to expand the reach of this project into the wider Hudson Valley. If you know of, or own an interesting place that you’d like to have me photograph, please get in touch: bd@bdocktor.com

Universal Atlas Cement, Powerhouse. Rt. 9 south of Hudson

Chef/Owner Dave Chicane, Hudson Food Studio at 610 Warren Street.

One of my personal heroes, civic activist and art dealer, Peter Jung.

Hudson Valley fine art photographer B. Docktor specializes in creating images of nature and the landscape that are stunningly beautiful, and peaceful. These images have a soothing and healing quality that make them perfectly suited for art for healthcare environments: hospitals, medical offices, spas, rehab facilities, and homes and offices. For commissions or custom-designed installations, please call B at 518-329-6239. http://www.bdocktorphotography.com/

B. Docktor Photography “Favorite Places” at Main St. Magazine’s Photo Gallery

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Favorite Places

AT MAIN STREET MAGAZINE’S PHOTO GALLERY

AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

B. Docktor is known for being a long-time documenter of the Columbia/Dutchess  County area—not just the beauty of our landscape, but also of our people, our farms, our animals, our towns, our celebrations.

In this show, B is featuring some of her favorite places—Coach Farm in Gallatin, the views from the top of Winchell Mountain, Bash Bish Falls, Chrysler Pond, and animal portraits from Coach Farm, Spruce Ridge Alpacas, and Salmon Kill Farm.

Winchell Mountain Elm Tree After the Storm was made at the end of long, rainy, gray day. We’re looking toward Millerton, NY and clouds are sitting in the valley that Route 22 runs through.

A favorite Ancram place is Thompson Finch Farm. B has been eager to find a way to contribute to the campaign to help save the treasured farm for future generations. She has been photographing the farm and will create a set of collectable greeting cards and small prints featuring those images. All proceeds from the sale of these prints will be donated to the Thompson Finch Farm Collaborative, which includes the farm, Columbia Land Conservancy, and Equity Trust. For more information on the campaign to save the farm: http://clctrust.org/join-us-to-save-thompson-finch-farm/

Spring at Thompson Finch Farm in Ancram, NY

 

Blueberries ripening at Thompson Finch Farm in Ancram, NY

 

About her work, B says, “I’ve always aspired to make images that make you stop and say, —Wow, I feel like I was there! In addition to making images of nature and our glorious region, I love to photograph people and pets, weddings and family gatherings. Whatever I’m photographing, I’m always looking for that kernel of magnificence, that essential moment, that just right composition. The joy is in seeing the beauty and getting to share it with you.”

Main Street Magazine’s Photo Gallery is at 52 Main Street in Millerton, NY.
Open 9-5 Monday-Friday, 10-1 Saturday
518-592-1135    www.mainstreetmagphotogallery.com

 

B. Docktor     518-329-6239    www.bdocktorphotography.com

 

Hudson Valley fine art photographer B. Docktor specializes in creating images of nature and the landscape that are stunningly beautiful, and peaceful. These images have a soothing and healing quality that make them perfectly suited for art for healthcare environments: hospitals, medical offices, spas, rehab facilities, and homes and offices. For commissions or custom-designed installations, please call B at 518-329-6239. http://www.bdocktorphotography.com/

B. Docktor, Carl Grauer at 510 Warren Street Gallery May 6, 2017

New Show at 510 Warren Street Gallery in Hudson, NY

Opening reception this Saturday, May 6, from 3-6.

This month, I’ll be showing images of dogs and dancers–in motion!

All my life, I have been captivated by great dancers, athletes, bodies in motion, watching muscles moving, and great photographs of sports and performance. When I was in high school, I put up dark corkboard on the wall next to my bed, and covered it with my favorite images from Sports Illustrated. I have had the good fortune to photograph Parsons Dance a few times at The Joyce Theatre in NY, and this image of Eric Bourne, Steve Vaughn, and Miguel Quinones has given me lots of pleasure over the years.

Parsons Dancers by B. Docktor

In Motion! I just love the challenge of capturing the elusive and most interesting moment.

Jumping Weimaraners by B. Docktor

Jumping Weimaraners by B. Docktor

CARL GRAUER

Carl Grauer hanging his 2-hour portrait series at 510 Warren Street Gallery in Hudson, NY

Carl Grauer hanging his 2-hour portrait series at 510 Warren Street Gallery in Hudson, NY. Photo by B. Docktor

Our featured artist this month is portrait artist, Carl Grauer. He has filled his space with his 2-hour portraits, and it looks amazing! At the opening, Carl will be doing a portrait in our window space. It will be a fun afternoon–hope you can come!
Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 12-6, Sundays 12-5

510 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York

NEW DOGGY VIDEO

Because I love capturing “the essential moment,” dog photography is one of my favorite kinds of work. Movement, expression, humor, love–dogs have it all. Here’s a link to a new short video piece with some of my beloved characters.

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Milo the Portuguese Water Dog by B. Docktor

AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHY

Below are two photos that won awards from the New York Press Association, published by The Columbia Paper in 2016. Note the theme? I love to capture movement!

Hudson River Air Dogs by B. Docktor

Jeffrey Leonard and his dog Mainer. Photo by B. Docktor

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Award-winning photographer B. Docktor photographs people, pets, family portraits and more, in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, NY, and NJ. To capture the love, the action, the beauty and spirit of the people and animals and events that matter to you, call B. Docktor at 518-329-6239.

New Show Opening at 510 Warren Street Gallery

Chicken at Salmon Kill Farm, Salisbury CT   photo on canvas by B. Docktor

Chicken at Salmon Kill Farm, Salisbury CT. Framed photo on canvas, 19×27 by B. Docktor

New show opens at 510 Warren Street Gallery

Saturday April 1, opening reception from 3-6

Dashing Star Farm Fin Sheep

Fin Sheep at Dashing Star Farm, Millerton, NY. Framed photo on canvas, 12×15 by B. Docktor

This month’s show runs from March 31-April 30.

I’ll be showing some newly framed pieces. At top, a chicken from Salmon Kill Farm in Salisbury CT, where I had the pleasure of creating images for their new website.

Above, Fin sheep from Dashing Star Farm in Millerton looks so good in this old frame which had previously been on one of my father’s paintings. It looks better on these sheep! Below, I realized that the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse image would fit beautifully into this old frame that I’ve had sitting around for years wondering what to do with it.

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse in 12x15 oval frame. Photo on canvas by B. Docktor

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse in 12×15 oval frame. Photo on canvas by B. Docktor

 

This month’s featured artist is

photographer H. David Stein with “Textures and Colors.”

  H. David Stein   "Fantasia On Main Street"   limited edition archival photograph

H. David Stein “Fantasia On Main Street” limited edition archival photograph

Our guest artist this month is Rebecca Becker, showing mixed media collages

Rebecca Becker  "NYPD Rainbow"   mixed media    2016

Rebecca Becker “NYPD Rainbow” mixed media 2016

ALSO EXHIBITING RECENT WORK BY:
        
      CAROL BRODY     B. DOCKTOR     NANCY FELCHER     NANCY GHITMAN      CARL GRAUER                                          
                           KATE KNAPP     NINA LIPKOWITZ      JOHN LIPKOWITZ     HANNAH MANDEL                  
               MARILYN ORNER     PEGGY REEVES      KAREN ROTH      GEORGE SPENCER           
 CERAMICS BY BEN EVANS

510 WARREN STREET
HUDSON, NY
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY: 12 – 6
SUNDAY: 12 – 5
518 – 822 – 0510
www.510warrenstreetgallery.com

New show opens February 4 at 510 Warren Street Gallery

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Photographer B. Docktor Opens New Show

at 510 Warren Street Gallery in Hudson, NY

FEBRUARY 4 – FEBRUARY 27, 2017

OPENING RECEPTION 3-6pm, FEB 4

HUDSON (NY), JANUARY 24, 2017: For her upcoming show in Hudson, from February 4 to February 27, the photographer and maker of “moving images,” B. Docktor, will feature new landscapes—all local—as well as selections from her iconic images of animals on the area’s picturesque farms. Docktor is known for being a long-time documenter of our region—not just the beauty of our landscape, but also of our people, farms, animals, towns, and our celebrations.

B trained in photojournalism with a B.S. from Syracuse University, and before that had her eye tuned to beauty by her father, the illustrator/artist, Irv Docktor. “I appreciate that I have inherited a very artful way of seeing and composing photographic images,” B says, “and I grew up revering Life Magazine and Sports Illustrated. I love sports and—being very agile myself—I’m always trying to get myself in the right place at the right time! I seek to emulate the great photographs of those magazines, while infusing my images with an artful eye. I always aim to find that essential moment, no matter what I’m photographing.”

Using what she calls her “‘moving images’—“in both the physical and emotional sense,” she interjects— B is also presenting an innovative video presentation for the gallery’s front window that will showcase the full breadth of her work’s subjects. She calls this video project “a visual love poem to our area, featuring the beauty of our land, the glory of nature and animals, and the diverse celebrations of its people. Many people know me as an animal photographer, or maybe they see my landscapes in exhibits, in commercial spaces, and online. That said, I photograph people the most—always have and always will! As these rarely get exhibited, except on my website www.bdocktor.com—I’m grateful to have this opportunity to exhibit my favorite “moving images” of people as well as the natural world at 510 Warren Street Gallery.”

B. Docktor’s show, Moving Images, runs from February 4 through February 27, 2017, with an opening reception on February 4 from 3 to 6pm. For further information, contact B. Docktor by telephone at 518-329-6239 or via her website, www.bdocktor.com. The 510 Warren Street Gallery can be reached at 518-822-0510, or visited online at www.510warrenstreetgallery.com.

Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday 12-6, Sunday 12-5

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PRESS RELEASE

 

510 Warren St. Gallery George Spencer reception Sat Jan 7 2016 in Hudson NY

 

Saturday January 7th from 3-6pm

510 Warren Street Gallery

screen-shot-2017-01-04-at-2-45-30-pmNew work by George Spencer

On view January 6-January 29

Guest Artist: Paintings by Will Clark

 

B. Docktor showing flowers to enliven dreams of spring

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510 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson NY–Also showing work by

Carol Brody, Nancy Felcher, Nancy Ghitman, Carl Grauer, Kate Knapp, Nina Lipkowitz, John Lipkowitz, Hannah Mandel, Marilyn Orner, Peggy Reeves, Karen Roth, H. David Stein, Ben Evans

Open: Friday and Saturday 12-6, Sunday 12-5

518-822-0510      510WarrenStreetGallery.com

510 Warren Street Gallery Kate Knapp reception and WinterWalk in Hudson

This Saturday, December 3, Hudson is the place to be!

Please come join us for a reception from 3-8 at 510 Warren Street Gallery featuring 15 excellent artists and showcasing

“CHANGING LIGHT”  new paintings by KATE KNAPP

with LIVE MUSIC by SAM ROSEN (who appears in one of Kate’s paintings!)

ALSO EXHIBITING RECENT WORK BY GALLERY ARTISTS:
    
Carol Brody    B. Docktor    Nancy Felcher     Nancy Ghitman   Carl Grauer    Nina Lipkowitz    John Lipkowitz

Hannah Mandel    Marilyn Orner    Peggy Reeves      Karen Roth     George Spencer     H. David Stein      Ben Evans

In addition, it’s WinterWalk, Hudson’s extravaganza which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, featuring participatory music happening Unsilent Night.

For more info, Hudson Opera House, and Basilica Industria, where Unsilent Night kicks off. If I could be there for kickoff, I’d love to do that, but I need to be at the gallery so I can see you if you come visit! My plan is to go outside as it comes up Warren Street and make some photographs.

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Kate Knapp “Winter Sunset” oil on canvas 24″x36″ 2016

 Below is one of my photographs in this month’s exhibit.

Orchard in Snow, photo by B. Docktor

Orchard in Snow, photograph by B. Docktor.

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GALLERY HOURS:

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: 12 – 6
SUNDAY: 12 – 5
518 – 822 – 0510
www.510warrenstreetgallery.com
www.kateknappartist.com
Al Margolis: www.ifbwana.com
www.hudsonoperahouse.org/winter-walk/

Grouping Family Photos

Family portrait in Fall color

Grouping Family Photos

I will help you create a set of photos for your wall that will make you smile every time you see it!

Autumn is such a great season to have family portraits made of your family–and it’s something I love to do! The beauty of nature, the golden light, and Fall’s own special palette of colors all contribute to great photographs that you’ll want to display proudly in your home.

 

 

I specialize in capturing the spirit, beauty and joy of your family during our photo session. I also offer a Photo Decor Planning Service free of charge to my clients. Together, we’ll figure out where in your home would work best for a photo grouping, what clothes would work best with the colors on that wall, and plan an outing at a place that you love, that will be fun and yield images that your family will cherish.

Family portrait wall grouping

I can help you transform a plain wall into a work of art

From simple groupings of same-size photos to more elaborate designs with multiple sizes, I’ll design and send you accurate previews of how your chosen set of photos will appear on the wall you’ve chosen. It’s a fantastic way to see just how beautiful and harmonious a particular combination of photographs can be. When I design exhibitions of my own work, I find that the art of choosing the images and sizes that work best together is like creating a whole new piece of art that is more powerful than the individual pieces.

Family photos wall grouping of six

Once we have created a group of images that you love, I will have the photos printed to the exact size–on canvas, metal, or traditionally framed–and will deliver and install the photos as well! Let’s get together soon to plan a set of images that will show your family’s love and enliven your walls. A one-hour planning session is free of charge through the end of October. To secure an appointment, call 518-329-6239 or email me at bd@bdocktor.com.

To see more of the natural, on-location portraits I love to make, click here.

I also provide this service for offices and businesses using stunning photographs of the landscape, nature, and animals. Click here to see some of these spaces. Imagine what you’d love to see on your walls–at home or at work–and let’s create it!

Award-winning photographer B. Docktor specializes in capturing the spirit, beauty and joy of your family. Photos full of love and life–for the time of your life in pictures–call B at 518-329-6239. Working on location in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, NYC, North Jersey.

Capturing the time of your life!

Summer Portrait Special from B. Docktor

Preserve your memories of your family togetherness with

my Summer Portrait Special–for humans and pets alike!

• One-hour professional pet or portrait session at the location of your choice, within 20 minutes from Ancram*

• Sixteen selected photos preserved in a beautiful 5×7″ flush-mount album with rigid, lay-flat pages

• Six of these images printed on a 4×4″ cube–a great summer souvenir and gift!

• Low-resolution versions of the chosen album photos so you can share them easily on Facebook and other social media

• Access to online viewing and purchasing from the full set of of session photos–in your choice of sizes and formats–for up to two weeks after they are posted**

• You approve my album and cube designs before they are manufactured.

• The 4-inch photo cube is fabulous, but if you’re not interested in it, you can purchase my Summer Portrait Package without the cube for $499.

Summer Portrait Special 4x4 Cube from B. Docktor

Summer Special: $599

Call now to book your summer session: 518-329-6239.

 

 

Offer expires August 19, 2016

* Travel fee is $.50 per minute each way, beyond 20 minutes from Ancram

 **Regular print prices apply for items other than 5×7 album and 4×4 cube. See pricelist here.

 

WHY HIRE A PRO PHOTOGRAPHER

when you can make pictures with your phone?

Here are some answers, in photos and captions:

Capturing the essential moment of kids in action!

Capturing the essential moment of kids in action!

It's not easy for you to capture all of the action and humor and fun with your pets!

It’s not easy for you to capture all of the action and humor and fun with your pets!

Posing, lighting, everybody looking happy and fabulous!

Posing, lighting, everybody looking happy and fabulous!

Book now! 518-329-6239

Award-winning photographer B. Docktor specializes in capturing the spirit, beauty and joy of your family and pets. Photos full of love and life–for the time of your life in pictures–call B at 518-329-6239. Working on location in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, NYC, North Jersey.

 

 

Summer Portrait Special

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SUMMER PORTRAIT SPECIAL

Having the time of your life? Preserve your memories of your family togetherness with my portrait package–for humans and pets alike! 
• One-hour professional pet or portrait session at the location of your choice, within 20 minutes from Ancram*
• Seventeen selected photos preserved in a beautiful 5×7″ flush-mount album with rigid, lay-flat pages
• Six of these images printed on a 4×4″ cube–a great summer souvenir and gift!
• Low-resolution versions of the chosen album photos so you can share them easily on Facebook and other social media
• Access to online viewing and purchasing from the full set of of session photos–in your choice of sizes and formats–for up to two weeks after they are posted**
You approve my album and cube design before it is printed.

Summer Special: $599

Call now to book your summer session: 518-329-6239.

Offer expires August 19, 2016
* Travel fee is $.50 per minute each way, beyond 20 minutes from Ancram    
**Regular print prices apply for items other than 5×7 album and 4×4 cube. See pricelist here.

 

WHY HIRE A PRO PHOTOGRAPHER

when you can make pictures with your phone?

Here are some answers, in photos and captions:

family portrait photo with dog

Figuring out what will make for a beautiful image and being able to capture it!

The essence of so many of our pets is in their movement–so tough to capture, especially if they’re black!

family portrait photo

Getting YOU into the photo! You’re so focused on photographing your kids so you can remember what they looked like at this stage. But how about them remembering what you looked like? And more importantly, seeing how happy you were to be with them!!

girl riding horse action photo

Finding the essential moment of togetherness, great action and beauty!

family group portrait photo

Again, having YOU in the photo. Even if you were lucky enough to get everyone together in this beautiful light, the phone isn’t going to cut it when the dock is surrounded by water and the only place to stand is the next dock 100 feet away.

dock diving dog in action photo

Capturing action that’s happening at a distance away and moves super-fast

 

Book now! 518-329-6239

Award-winning photographer B. Docktor specializes in capturing the spirit, beauty and joy of your family and pets. Photos full of love and life–for the time of your life in pictures–call B at 518-329-6239. Working on location in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, NYC, North Jersey.